Wouldn’t It Be Loverly

~ Recording by Shelly Manne & His Friends

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4Wouldn't It Be Loverly5:34Shelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarModern Jazz Performances of Songs From My Fair LadyShelly Manne & His FriendsAlbum
Contemporary RecordsC3527
1.4Wouldn't It Be Loverly5:34Shelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarModern Jazz Performances of Songs From My Fair LadyShelly Manne & His FriendsAlbum
Contemporary RecordsCOP 042
1.4Wouldn’t It Be Loverly5:33Shelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarShelly Manne & His Friends Play Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair LadyShelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarAlbum
DCC Compact Classics, DCC JazzGZS 1043
1.4Wouldn't It Be Loverly5:34Shelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarShelly Manne & His Friends Play Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair LadyShelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarAlbum
UCCO 9034
8.4Wouldn’t It Be Loverly5:36Shelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarContemporary Records Vol.2Sonny Rollins, Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Art Pepper & Victor FeldmanAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2016-06-30
Contemporary RecordsSSCR-006, SSCR-007, SSCR-008, SSCR-009, SSCR-010
3.4Wouldn’t It Be Loverly5:40Shelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarContemporary Records Vol.2Sonny Rollins, Barney Kessel, Shelly Manne, Art Pepper & Victor FeldmanAlbum + Compilation
  • JP2016-06-30
Contemporary RecordsSSCR-006, SSCR-007, SSCR-008, SSCR-009, SSCR-010
1.4Wouldn’t It Be Loverly5:32Shelly Manne & His FriendsMy Fair Lady (Contemporary Records 70th Anniversary Remastered Edition)Shelly Manne & His FriendsAlbum
  • XW2023-01-13
Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord)
2.4Wouldn't It Be Loverly5:33Shelly Manne & His FriendsModern Jazz Performances of Songs From My Fair LadyShelly Manne & His FriendsAlbum
  • US2023-03-10
Contemporary Records, Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord), Stereo Records (Stereo label for Contemporary Records 1958–1960)CR00499
1.4Wouldn’t It Be Loverly5:33Shelly Manne & His FriendsModern Jazz Performances of Songs From My Fair LadyShelly Manne & His FriendsAlbum
  • US2023-03-10
Contemporary Records, Craft Recordings (US jazz label; reissue division of Concord), Stereo Records (Stereo label for Contemporary Records 1958–1960)CR00499
1.4Wouldn’t It Be Loverly5:40Shelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarShelly Manne & His Friends Play Modern Jazz Performances of Songs from My Fair LadyShelly Manne, André Previn & Leroy VinnegarAlbum
Mobile Fidelity Sound LabMFCD 809

Relationships

recorded in:Los Angeles, California, United States (on 1956-08-17)
bass:Leroy Vinnegar (on 1956-08-17)
percussion [drums, tambourine]:Shelly Manne (US jazz drummer) (on 1956-08-17)
piano:André Previn (pianist, conductor, composer, arranger) (on 1956-08-17)
recording of:Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (My Fair Lady) (on 1956-08-17: instrumental)

Related works

Wouldn’t It Be Loverly (My Fair Lady)

lyricist:Alan Jay Lerner
composer:Frederick Loewe
publisher:Chappell & Co Ltd.
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
referred to in medleys:My Fair Lady Suite (order: 2)
later parody versions:Wouldn't It Be Hillary?
later translated versions:Ça, ça s'rait pharamineux
Ser feliz
Zalig zijn
יופי לי (גבירתי הנאווה)
part of:My Fair Lady (full musical)
arrangements:"My Fair Lady" - Wouldn't it be lovely (Weissenberg piano arrangement)